Post on 12-Jan-2016
Nuclear Power
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Nuclear Power
Benefits of Nuclear Energy
1 kg Uranium = 100,000 kg of oil Less environmental impact to harvest
Nuclear plants don’t produce: SO2 (acid rain) CO2 (greenhouse)
Average cost is much less than fossil
Benefits of Nuclear Energy
Challenges of Nuclear Energy
Waste disposal; several remedies: Containment Treatment Reduction Reprocessing (recycling)
Challenges of Nuclear Energy
The nuclear power plant accidents at Three Mile Island in the United States and Chernobyl in Ukraine are well known; however, despite these incidents, nuclear power has a remarkable record.
Nuclear Steam Plants
Boiling Water Reactors Pressurized Water Reactors
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PressurizedWater Reactor
PressurizedWater Reactor
What produces the energy?
Nuclear fission
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TARGETNUCLEUS
NEUTRON
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FISSIONFRAGMENT 1
FISSIONFRAGMENT 2
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What happens to the old fuel?
Onsite Storage Yucca Mountain
On-site wetstorage
On-site Dry CaskStorage